Blanche Among The Talented Tenth by Barbara…

Blanche Among The Talented Tenth (1994)

by Barbara Neely

Series: Blanche White (2)

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I have enjoyed the window into culture that Barbara Neely's books provide and this one was no exception. I thought that the "mystery" part of it was just OK. I am not sure what was missing. But I found the interactions among the people and the impact of their color (including shade of color), race, gender, social class, etc on their lives much more interesting. (

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Blanche White (2)

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Blanche Among The Talented Tenth

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" The Talented Tenth of t he Negro race must be made leaders of thought and missionaries of culture among their people....... the Negro race, like all other races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men." - W.E.B. Du Bois, "Talented Tenth"

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For those most resposible: Ann, Bernard, Jeremiah

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The size sixteen shorts slipped easily over her hips.

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Gainfully employed in Boston with her kids in a private school, Blanche White finds respectability a little hard to handle. Invited to an exclusive, all-black resort in Maine, Blanche and her children encounter new social pressures, such as Blanche's "too black" attitude. When another guest is murdered, Blanche feels relieved: investigating is a lot easier than social climbing !

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On the surface a murder story, this is a study of discrimination within the colored community by light-skinned blacks against dark-skinned blacks. The protagonist is Blanche White, a Boston maid holidaying with her children in the rich, all-black community of Maine's Amber Cove. While there, a murder occurs and she turns PI. By the author of Blanche on the Lam.… (more)